Protecting My Sexual Health & My Heart’s Desires
Acceptable Risk
Turning the tables to protect my sexual health and my heart's desires
by John Francis Leonard
The last thing I wanted to do this month...
Aging with HIV: Carrying the Banner
Carrying the Banner
Aging with HIV is no joke, but the past anchors my future
by John Francis Leonard
Forty-eight. I’m turning forty-eight-years-old and it gives me...
Reaching Out When You’re Newly Diagnosed
A Friend in Need
Reaching out when you're newly diagnosed
by John Francis Leonard
As I’ve discussed before, I’ve left a full-time and stressful career behind me...
Detecting Stigma
Soon after I began writing for A&U last year, my editor informed me that I would also be, partly, responsible for promoting my own...
Quitting Smoking
I'm Coming Out
After the battles quieted, there was still the smoke
by John Francis Leonard
I’ve fought many a personal battle in the past fourteen or...
My Mental Health
It all seemed to start one morning when I couldn’t walk the dog. It was a sudden attack of abject panic, a basic, visceral...
My Friend Is Newly Diagnosed, But He Is Resisting Treatment
You Can Lead a Horse to Water
How do you help someone who just won't accept it?
by John Francis Leonard
In my July column, I told...
Tears & T Cells
Tears & T Cells
My diagnosis was a quiet bomb, but the aftershocks still resound
by John Francis Leonard
Well, as you know, I have your...
Long-Lost Friends
Full Circle
Finally I had the courage to return to the city where I lost my friends
by John Francis Leonard
A few months ago I made...
Dating Apps, Disclosure & HIV
Oops, I Forgot One Little Thing
My New Normal
by John Francis Leonard
So, I’ve taken that leap and faced the inevitable. In this modern age, an...
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Diagnosis Afternoon 1991: Poetry by Scott Hightower
Diagnosis Afternoon 1991
My talented older brother
was artistically intrepid
and expressive. As a painter,
he had begun to achieve
some recognition.
He was an oddly secure
and insecure bon vivant.
His...
